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Characters
Aunt Sara -
Aunt Sally -
Stephen’s Father -
Uncle Si -
Walter - Cross eyed, Richie’s son. Stephen’s cousin.
Richie - Walter’s father, Stephens uncle, bald, a cost-drawer
Richie’s Brother - plays cornet
Master Goff -
Master Shapland Tandy -
Crissie - Small child, “ Papa’s little bedpal. Lump of love.”
Harry -
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Places
Strasburg terrace - A dead-end street in the inner Dublin Suburb called Irishtown.
Irishtown - Irish: An Baile Gaela ch. Located south of the River Liffey between Ringsend (north) and Sandymount (south) and is east to the River Dodder.
Irishtown grew about a mile and a quarter away from Dublin proper. When the Anglo-Normans seized Dublin, it became the seat of the English power in Ireland. The A-N were scared of being outnumbered by the locals, so they came up with a thing called the Statutes of Kilkenny, Causing the natives to be kicked out of Dublin and only allowed back during sun hours for trading. When nighttime came, they would set up camp in Irishtown.
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Glossary
Begotten - To have been created by procreation, with an emphasis on the male side of procreation; To have been fathered by someone.
Sunder - To split apart.
Lex Eterna - aka Lex Aeterna. According to St. Augustine, it is “the Divine Intellect and the Will of God which commands us to observe the natural order, and forbids us to disturb it."
Or
According to the American legal system it is the eternal law; the moral law, the law of nature. It is the law which God at the time of the creation of the nature of the nature of man infused into his heart, for his preservation and direction
Substance - 1. A real life physical thing 2. The most important, real and essentials part of something.
Essence - The basic nature or indispensable quality of something that determines its character
Divine - 1. Holy; made of, from , or like a god.
Or
1.To figure something out buy guessing or intuition. 2. To predict the future.
Or
The process of finding water by walking around, holding sticks in front of you.
Consubstantial - Made of the same substance and essence of something else, usually in regards to the Holy Trinity.
Subordinationism - The early Christian idea that the Son and the Holy Spirit are subordinate to the Father.
Trinitarianism - The Christian idea and status quo that God exists as people, but is one being.
Illstarred (Ill starred) - Unlucky
Watercloset - 1. A small room or compartment with a toilet. 2. A toilet
Euthanasia - The practice of ending a life to relieve suffering
Crozier - A bishop’s walking stick, with a hook at the top.
See - The location where a cathedral is placed, it is the seat of bishop’s or archbishop’s authority.
Widowed See - A see without a bishop or archbishop
Omophorion - The clothing worn by a Bishop of the Eastern Church
Airs - Taken from the French version of airs, equivalent the English “look” “appearance” “bearing” or “tone. When Airs is spoken in English, it usually goes: “ To have airs” or “Putting on Airs”. Meaning your are acting in a condescending or arrogant way, in other words you are acting snobby or stuck up.
Champing - To grind with your teeth.
Bridle -1. A horse’s headgear which has a bit and reins 2. To restrain or control as if with a bridle
Cost Drawer - 1 Someone who spends someone else's money. 2. Someone who makes a bill of cost or an order form for a business.
Gondolier - The pilot of a Gondola
Gondola - A small row boat designed to traverse the city of Venice.
Cornet - A stubby trumpet.
Skeweyed - Having eyes that look in opposite directions
Dun - A debt Collector
Nuncle - An uncle. The term used to be “mine uncle” then, “my nuncle”, then “nuncle”, then uncle,
Hillock - A small hill.
Moiety - When you divide something in half, each of the halves is a moiety.
Duces Tecum - A summons ordering the recipient to come to court and show evidence.
Bogoak - Also known as Quercus is fallen oak that has been fossilized peat bogs for a really long time. Very valuable
Requiescat - A prayer of wish for a dead person. Basically the same thing as R.I.P.
Lithia water - Rare mineral water with lithium salts, known for its alleged health benefits
All’erta - (Italian) alert, alarm, warning bell. On guard!
Aria di sortita - An italian musical term for when the first character shows up and sings the first song.
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Other Things
John William Waterhouse - A painter from England who started off painting women in the style that the French Académe des Beaux-arts thought was the best, until he decided to paint women in the style that the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood thought was best.
He was born in Rome, both of his parents were also painters, and he based most of his work off of ancient Greek and Arthorian Mythology
Arius (Cont.) - Just about everything that was written about him was written by people who did not like him. He was the founder of Arianism, Not Aryanism. His teachings, which was called Subordinationism, Made him a very controversial player in the Catholic game. Eventually, he was exiled by the Bishop of Alexandria, which burned his supporters’ butter, so they rioted . It got to the point that Constitine had to step in and TCB. He decried that all of Arius’ work to be burned and that would be the end of it. Well…time goes by and the Bishop that sent Arius away dies, and The Arius Army started their rukkus again. Constatine placlated the people by allowing him to come back.
So, Ol’boy Arius is back at home. Doing his thing when he just up and dies out of nowhere. Some said it was done by the Holy Spirit. Like the all time Arius abhorator, Socrates Scholasticus, who said:
“It was then Saturday, and Arius was expecting to assemble with the church on the day following: but divine retribution overtook his daring criminalities. For going out of the imperial palace, attended by a crowd of Eusebian partisans like guards, he paraded proudly through the midst of the city, attracting the notice of all the people. As he approached the place called Constantine's Forum, where the column of porphyry is erected, a terror arising from the remorse of conscience seized Arius, and with the terror a violent relaxation of the bowels: he therefore enquired whether there was a convenient place near, and being directed to the back of Constantine's Forum, he hastened thither. Soon after a faintness came over him, and together with the evacuations his bowels protruded, followed by a copious hemorrhage, and the descent of the smaller intestines: moreover portions of his spleen and liver were brought off in the effusion of blood, so that he almost immediately died. The scene of this catastrophe still is shown at Constantinople, as I have said, behind the shambles in the colonnade: and by persons going by pointing the finger at the place, there is a perpetual remembrance preserved of this extraordinary kind of death.”
I say he was poisoned.
Arianism - The Christian interpretation claiming that God is unique. He did not need the help of another agent to exist. Jesus, however, did need God to exist. This means that Jesus had limited and indirect knowledge of God and his business, because Jesus was finite and lived in a different world of existence.
Mananaan - Like every Irish legend, He has several names: Manannán, Manann, Manannán mac Lir (Son of the sea). He is a warrior and the king of the Irish Otherworld and generally regarded as a sea god with horses that could run on both land and water.
The Gondoliers or, The King of Barataria - This was the twelfth opera written by Arthur Sullivan and Sir WIlliam Schwenck Gilbert; at the time the fifth longest-running piece of musical theatre in history.
The Rundown
The Players
Drunk Gondolier
Gondolier 1
Gondolier 2
Farm Girl 1
Farm Girl 2
Duke
Duchess
Daughter
Drummer
Grand Inquisitor
Baby Price, New King of Barataria (same person)
Nurse
Old King of Barataria
Act 1
Gondolier 1 marries Farm Girl 1
Gondolier 2 married Farm Girl 2
Somewhere else
Duke, Duchess, Daughter and Drummer arrive to meet Grand Inquisitor
Duke: Daughter, when you were a baby your mother and I decided to marry you with the Baby Prince of Barataria. Turns out though, that Baby Prince’s dad turned protestant a while back, so the Grand Inquisitor stole the Baby Prince. Anyway, The King is dead, and the Baby prince has grown to be the New King. We are here now to meet the Grand Inquisitor to finally hook you guys up.
Daughter: I am confused and upset
Grand Inquisitor: I gave the Baby Prince to a drunk Gondolier to raise with his own son. They both grew up to be Gondoliers, but like I said, their dad is a drunk and forgot which kid is which. It's cool though, I have sent for his childhood nurse. She will figure it all out, and if not we will torture her, That is our thing.
Nurse is Drummer’s mom
Daughter and Drummer were in love, but now have to live apart.
Gondoliers and Farmgirls 1 & 2 find out there's a 50/50 chance they could be royalty.
Everyone is excited, they agree to go to to work it all out.
No Farmgirls are allowed in Barataria.
Grand Inquisitor does not say that one of the Gondoliers is already married
The Gondoliers go to Barataria
Act 2
The Gondoliers have been Barataria doing Janitor work for 3 months
They are underfed and miss their wives.
Farmgirls 1&2 show up with their friends because they miss their husbands.
The Gondoliers promote everyone to be royalty
There is a celebration.
Grand Inquisitor shows up, craps all over the party,
Grand Inquisitor: It sucks that you promoted everyone one, We have to distinguish commoners from royalty. If everyone is somebody, then no-one is anybody, But whatever. So here’s the deal, one of you gondoliers is already married. It was arranged when you and she were babies, therefore one of your weddings was illegit, and neither of these farmgirls will be queens.
Gondoliers and Farmgirls 1 & 2 are upset.
Gondoliers 1&2 meet Daughter.
Daughter: “This is messed up right? Anyway, I will be an obedient wife, these are the times we live in, but I’m gonna be real with you, Drummer and I are in love. Please don’t mess with that.
Gondoliers present their Farmgirl wives
It’s all cool
The nurse shows up.
Nurse: The New King’s dad was a good man, I knew that the Grand Inquisitor was going to kidnap the baby, so I hid him. When Grand Inquisitor showed up, I gave him my own baby. I am really good at hiding babies, but terrible at loving them. So in fact, gondoliers, neither of you are kings. But my illegitimate son The Drummer is. Sorry for the mix up.
The Gondoliers: Good Grief, what mess, won't lie, it kinda sucks that we won't be kings, but we'll get over it. Here is the crown, and if there is nothing else, we’re gunna head back home.
Everybody lives happily ever after.
Jesus Wept - Gospel of John, Chapter 11, Verse 35. 32 Then when Mary was come when Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if though hadst been here, my brother had not died. 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping and the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. 34. and said, Where have ye laid him? The said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept 36 Then said the Jews Behold how he loved him! 37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave and a stone lay upon it. 39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if though wouldest believe thou shouldest see the glory of God? * Blah blah blah* 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
The verse has played several roles over the year. Crying showed that Jesus was indeed a real man with real man emotions. Meaning he was not an illusion or a spirit. It is used as a Swear word in Britain when things go wrong.
“ Ah, Jesus wept, the refrigerator just fell over!
Coign of Vantage - A preferred position for peeping and prying or a superior spot for snooping and spying. Shakespear said it first.
Bog Wood - Otherwise known as Abonos, is wood that has been buried in peat bogs. Peat bogs are full of acid that prevents wood from decaying. This means that bog wood can stick around for potentially thousands of years. They are usually stained a really dark brown or gray by a science thing called tannins. All of this makes it a highly sought after material and pretty expensive.
Requiescat - by Oscar Wilde. Dedicated to his sister Isola, who died of meningitis.
Tread lightly, she is near
Under the snow
Speak gently, she can hear
The daisies grow.
All her bright golden hair
Tarnished with rust,
She that was young and fair
Fallen to dust.
Lily-like, white as snow.
She hardly knew
She was a woman, so
Sweetly she grew.
Coffin-board, heavy stone.
Lie on her breast,
I vex my heart alone
She is at rest.
Peace, Peace, she cannot hear
Lyre or sonnet,
All my life’s buried here,
Heap earth on it.
Oscar Wilde - Full name is Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde. He was one of Dublin’s native sons. Best known for writing clever epigrams, plays, and a novel called The Picture of Dorian Grey. Unfortunately, he is also known for being convicted of being a homosexual.
Thomas Chippendale - An only child cabinet maker from the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He produced a book called The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director. This book took the British furniture world by storm; praised for his designs representing the fashion of the times.
Il Trovatore - An Italian Opera written by Giuseppe Verdi and Salvadore Cammarano, based on a play with the same name (but in Spanish) that was written by Antonia Garcia. It premiered at the Teatro Apollo in Rome
The Rundown
The Players
Old Count di Luna
New Count di Luna
Capitan Ferrando
Leonora
A Gypsy
Azucena
The Unknown Winner
The Troubadour
Marico
Ines
Act One
Scene One
Captain Ferrando tells his boys to be on guard while Count di Luna roams around under Leonora’s windows.
Di Luna loves Leonora
Di Luna is jealous of a Troubadour
Captain Ferrando tells a story
Old di Luna was a happy man with two boys
A gypsy shows up
Di Luna’s youngest boy gets sick.
The gypsy is wrongfully accused of bewitching Di Luna’s youngest boy.
The gypsy is burned at the stake.
While dying, she tells Azucena to avenge her.
Azucena is the gypsy’s daughter.
Azucena avenges gypsy by kidnapping the sick baby.
Di Luna finds some burnt baby bones
Di Luna does not believe that his baby is dead
Di Luna’s other son is now the new Count of di Luna.
Di Luna tells his other son to go find Azucena
Scene Two
Leonora tells Ines that she loves the Troubadour
Leonora tells the story of how she came to love the Troubadour
Leonora fell in love with an unknown winner of a tournament.
An unrelated civil war began
The civil war caused Leonora to lose track of unknown winner
The unknown winner came back
The unknown winner was dressed up as a troubadour
The unknown winner is now the Troubadour
The Troubadour sang under Leonora’s window.
Leonora and Ines leave
Di Luna arrives
Di Luna intended to see Leonora
Di Luna hears the Troubadour singing
Leonora sees di Luna in the dark.
Leonora thinks that di Luna is the Troubadour
The Troubadour shows up.
Leonora runs to the Troubadours arms.
Di Luna is upset
Di Luna challenges the Troubadour to reveal his real identity
Di Luna reveals his real identity
Di Luna is now Marico
Marico is friends with a rival prince
Marico is an outlawed knight
Marico is sentenced to death
Marico challenges di Luna to call the guards
Di Luna counter challenges Marcio to a duel for the right to be Leonoras man.
Leonora tells them not to do that.
Di Luna and Marcio do not listen to Leonora.
Act Two
Scene One
Azucena is still committed to avenging dead mom.
Azucena talks to Manrico
Azucena: “Manrico, I actually intended to throw the baby I stole into the same fire that was burning my mom. But there was a lot going on, I got confused and threw my own baby into the fire.”
Manrico finds out that he is not Azucena’s son.
Manrico still loves Azucena as a mother
Manrico remembers a recent time when Azucena saved his life
Azucena found Manrico almost dead after an ambush.
Manrick talks to Azucena
Manrick: “I beat di Luna in a duel earlier, I couldn’t kill him though on account of a mysterious force”
Azucena: “I am upset with you. You should have killed him, especially because his people defeated you in an earlier battle”
A messenger arrives
Messenger: “I have a message: Manrico, your allies have taken Castle Castellor. The prince wants you to go and be in charge of it. Another thing: Leonora thinks you're dead and she is on her way to become a nun.
Manrico: “I will stop her.”
Azucena tells him not to do that.
Manrico does not listen.
Scene Two
Di Luna intends to abduct Leonora
Leonora and nuns walk by.
Manrico prevents di Luna from abducting Leonora
Manrico abducts Leonora.
Di Luna is upset
Act Three
Scene One
Manrico and Leonora are at Castle Castellor.
Di Luna and his army are attacking the Castle
Ferrando finds Azucena snooping around the camp
Ferrando drags Azucena to di Luna.
Di Luna recognizes Azucena
Di Luna remembers Azucena supposedly killed his little brother.
Azucena yells for Manrico to save her.
Di Luna decides to use Azucena as bait
Di Luna tells his people to burn Azucena outside the walls of the castle.
Scene Two
Manrico and Leonora are about to get married
Leonora is scared
Di Luna’s people have outnumbered Manrico’s people
Marico tells Leonora that he loves her, even while facing death.
Manrico finds out that Azucena is about to be burned.
Manrico rallies his people for a desperate attack.
Leonora faints
Act Four
Scene One
Manrico fails to save Azucena
Azucena was not burned in the fire.
Manrico is imprisoned.
Leonora talks to di Luna
Leonora: “Please release Manrico, I will give myself up to you in exchange”
Di Luna: “Ok, let’s have sex now.”
Leonora drinks secret poison.
Scene Two
Manrico and Azucena are in prison
Manrico and Azucena are waiting to be executed
Azucena thinks about happier times
Azucena falls asleep.
Leonora arrives
Leonora talks to Manrico
Leonora: ”Manrico, you are saved, please run away!”
Manrico: “Awesome, let’s go!”
Leonora: “I can’t.”
Manrico: “ Why? Oh crap, you betrayed me!”
Leonora falls into Manricos arms.
Manrico: “ Crap, you drank poison didn't you?”
Leonora: “I would rather die with you than to marry him”
Di Luna hears Leonora say that.
Di Luna is upset
Di Luna orders Manrico’s execution, tout suite.
Azucena wakes up
Azucena: “He was your brother! You are avenged, Oh mother!
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi - An Italian opera composer born near Bussecto. He was very popular in the world of operas, best known for Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, and La Traviata.
Salvadore Cammarano - A March baby, Librettist, and a Playwright. He worked with Giuseppe Verdi to write the words for Il Trovatore.
Antonio García Guriérrez - He was a Spanish Romantic Playwright. The original writer Il Trovatore, but he called it El Trovador. He studied medicine first. Then he moved to Madrid, earning very little money. He almost enlisted in the army before El Tovador made it big.
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Timeline
325 - Arianism was denounced as Heresy by the Council of Nicaea.
1171 - The Anglo-Normans seized Dublin.
1366 - The Statutes of Kilkenny were passed.
1454 - The Irish were expelled from Dublin.
1718 (6/) - Thomas Chippendale was born
1754 - Thomas Chippendale published The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director.
1779 (11/16) Thomas Chippendale was buried
1801 (3/19) - Salvadore Cammarano was born
1813 (10/4) - Antonio García Gutiérrez was born.
1813 (10/9-10) Giuseppe Verdi was born.
1836 (3/1) - Antonia García Gutiérrez’ El Trovador was played for the first time.
1848 (4/6) - John William Waterhouse was born.
1852 (7/17) - Salvadore Cammarano died
1853 (1/19) - Il Trovatore premiered
1854 (10/16) - Oscar Wilde was born
1873 - John William Waterhouse painted ‘Gone, but not forgotten’
1881 - Oscar Wilde published his poem Requiescat
1884 (8/26) - Antonia García Gutiérrez died
1889 (12/7) - The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria premiered at Savoy Theatre.
1891 (6/30) - The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria’s last show at Savoy Theatre.
1900 (11/30) - Oscar Wilde died
1901 (1/27) - Giuseppe Verdi died
1917 (2/10) - John William Waterhouse died.
1983 - The Statutes of Kilkenny were repealed
